Sylvite R050166
Name: Sylvite
RRUFF ID: R050166
Ideal Chemistry: KCl
Locality: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale blue octahedral crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Rocksalt (18) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050166.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Raman on an unoriented sample, Raman spectra are forbidden by symmetry
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RRUFF ID: R050166
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Sample Description: Raman on an unoriented sample, Raman spectra are forbidden by symmetry
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050166.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050166.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.29218(6)Å    b: 6.29218(6)Å    c: 6.29218(6)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 249.117(7)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sylvite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Smithson J (1823) A discovery of chloride of potassium in the Earth, The Annals of Philosophy, 6, 258-259   [view file]

Beudant F S (1832) Sylvine, muriate de potasse, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 511-511   [view file]

Cooper M J, Rouse K D (1973) A neutron diffraction study of KCl, Acta Crystallographica, A29, 514-520

Pertlik F (1984) Kristallchemie natürlicher Telluride I: Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur des Sylvanits, AuAgTe4, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 33, 203-212